From the start of term, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will join Lambrook School, near Ascot and close to Windsor Castle. The announcement comes after several reports in recent months that William and Kate have decided to move to Windsor. They will live at Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor Estate, but will retain Kensington Palace as their London residence and will continue to use Anmer Hall in Norfolk as another family home. Their decision to use another property during the current cost of living crisis may draw criticism from those questioning how the royal family is financed. Image: Lambrook School in Ascot, near Windsor Castle Jonathan Perry, headteacher at Lambrook School, said: “We are delighted that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will be joining us next September and we look forward to welcoming the family, as well as all our new pupils, to the school our community”. A royal source said of the move: “This is very much a decision made by two parents to give their children the most normal start. “KP [Kensington Palace] it can be a bit fishy. They wanted to be able to give George, Charlotte and Louis a little more freedom than they had living in central London. “It’s very much a decision made by the kids.” In recent years Prince George, nine, and Princess Charlotte, seven, have attended Thomas’s School in Battersea, south London. But they will now be joined by younger brother Prince Louis, four, who went to Willcocks nursery school in London. Adelaide Cottage is a four-bedroom Grade II listed house and living there means William, Kate, George, Charlotte and Lous are just a 10-minute walk south-east from the Queen at Windsor Castle. Even closer is Frogmore Cottage which is used by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex when they visit the UK. Lambrook is an independent school for 620 boys and girls, set in 52 acres of Berkshire countryside. The school’s website states: “From 1860 to the present day, we have nurtured boys and girls aged 3 to 13, giving them ‘wings to fly’, ensuring they enter pre-school life as confident, outgoing and intelligent and creative young people.” The school was founded by Robert Burnside “with the aim of teaching the sons of courtiers of Windsor Castle”, the website adds. Alumni include two of Queen Victoria’s grandsons, Prince Christian Victor and Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein. Other former pupils include Lord Alfred Douglas, writer, poet and lover of Oscar Wilde, and three sons of former Prime Minister HH Asquith.
